Acadian Asset Management Executive Compensation (FY25)
BSIG · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2023 to 2025
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Data as of September 26, 2026Latest filing (8-K): June 11, 2026
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Who is Acadian Asset Management's chief executive and what were they paid?
Total compensation for Kelly Young, President and Chief Executive Officer, came to $10,519,228 in fiscal 2025.
What was Acadian Asset Management's say-on-pay result?
The say-on-pay proposal drew 97.6% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held June 11, 2026 for fiscal 2025.
Which companies are in Acadian Asset Management's peer group?
The disclosed peer group includes Affiliated Managers Group, Inc., American Century Investments, Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc., BlackRock, Inc. and Cohen & Steers, among others.
What is Acadian Asset Management's chief executive pay ratio?
The company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 36:1 for fiscal 2025, against median employee compensation of $293,203.
Executive compensation
Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2023
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Richard Hart Executive Vice President and Chief Legal and Administrative Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Christina Wiater Senior Vice President and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2024
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Richard Hart Executive Vice President and Chief Legal and Administrative Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Christina Wiater Senior Vice President and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kelly Young President and Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Richard Hart Executive Vice President and Chief Legal and Administrative Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Christina Wiater Senior Vice President and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Scott Hynes Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.
Outstanding awards
Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end
| Officer | Award | Unvested units | Market value of unvested units | Exercise price | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Young | RSU | ◇ | — | — | — |
| Christina Wiater | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Richard Hart | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.
Director fee schedule
The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
| Board cash retainer | ◇ |
| Board equity retainer | ◇ |
| Total board retainer | ◇ |
Equity is delivered as restricted stock units.
Disclosed peer group
The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
- Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. AMG
- American Century Investments symbol not shown
- Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. APAM
- BlackRock, Inc. BLK
- Cohen & Steers CNS
- Federated Hermes, Inc. FHI
- Franklin Resources, Inc. BEN
- Invesco Ltd. IVZ
- Janus Henderson Group, plc JHG
- T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. TROW
- Victory Capital Holdings, Inc. VCTR
- Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. VRTS
- WisdomTree, Inc. WT
Say-on-pay history
Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
| Year | Meeting | Support | Votes for | Votes against | Abstentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 11, 2026 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2024 | May 13, 2025 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2023 | June 6, 2024 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2022 | June 7, 2023 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2021 | June 7, 2022 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2020 | June 23, 2021 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2019 | June 24, 2020 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2018 | September 17, 2019 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
Chief executive pay ratio
As calculated and reported by the company.
Ratio
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Median employee compensation
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88 figures on this page: 80 cited to the filing that reported them, 8 calculated from figures it prints.
80 cited to the filing
8 calculated from the filing
Documents cited
- 0001628280-26-042520
- 0001628280-26-028368
- 0001748824-25-000044
- 0001748824-24-000033
- 0001748824-23-000046
- 0001748824-22-000040
- 0001748824-21-000036
- 0001748824-20-000033
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Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
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@misc{velarionData2026,
author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
year = {2026},
version = {2026Q3},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
publisher = {Zenodo},
url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}